f30004	Eastern Province v Transvaal
	SAB Currie Cup 1973/74 (Section A)
Venue	St George's Park, Port Elizabeth on 15th, 16th, 18th February 1974 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Transvaal won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Eastern Province 4 (Batting 2, Bowling 2); Transvaal 4 (Batting 4)
Umpires	AA Matthews, WA Stander
Close of play day 1	Transvaal (1) 383/6 (McKenzie 89*, de Vaal 38*)
Close of play day 2	Eastern Province (1) 136/1 (Short 66*, Biggs 40*)

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Transvaal first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*A Bacher	b Schmidt	8
BF Bath	lbw b Armitage	28
RK Muzzell	lbw b Schmidt	68
+BL Irvine	c McEwan b Wilkins	45
CEB Rice	c Schmidt b Biggs	9
NG Featherstone	st McEwan b Brickett	73	96		5	-
KA McKenzie	not out	162		240	19	2
PD de Vaal	b Reid	64
JPD Flanagan	not out	10
D Mackay-Coghill	did not bat
DR Neilson	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 11 lb, 8 nb)	25
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 128 overs)	492
Fall of wickets:
1-13 (Bacher), 2-89 (Bath), 3-133 (Muzzell), 4-158 (Rice), 5-188 (Irvine), 6-282 (Featherstone), 7-432 (de Vaal)

Eastern Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Schmidt	30	5	108	2	-	-
Wilkins	31	6	116	1	-	-
Brickett	28	6	76	1	-	-
Reid	21	2	109	1	-	-
Armitage	8	0	34	1	-	-
Biggs	10	1	24	1	-	-

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Eastern Province first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SJ Bezuidenhout	c Irvine b Neilson	19
AM Short	b Flanagan	118
AL Biggs	c McKenzie b Rice	78
*RG Pollock	b de Vaal	16
AL Wilmot	b Flanagan	26
CP Wilkins	c Flanagan b de Vaal	31
+KS McEwan	not out	15
RLS Armitage	not out	4
DJ Brickett	did not bat
E Schmidt	did not bat
KP Reid	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 16 lb, 2 nb)	19
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 132.5 overs)	326
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-221, 3-244, 4-250, 5-306, 6-310

Transvaal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Neilson	10	3	32	1	-	-
Mackay-Coghill	23	3	58	0	-	-
Rice	22	8	39	1	-	-
de Vaal	46	15	114	2	-	-
Bath	8	3	14	0	-	-
Featherstone	1	0	3	0	-	-
Flanagan	21.5	8	45	2	-	-
Muzzell	1	0	2	0	-	-

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Transvaal second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Mackay-Coghill	c Wilmot b Biggs	11
CEB Rice	run out	17
RK Muzzell	c Pollock b Biggs	13
NG Featherstone	not out	28
BF Bath	not out	3
*A Bacher	did not bat
+BL Irvine	did not bat
KA McKenzie	did not bat
PD de Vaal	did not bat
JPD Flanagan	did not bat
DR Neilson	did not bat
Extras	(5 lb, 1 nb)	6
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 22.5 overs)	78
Fall of wickets:
1-32, 2-34, 3-47

Eastern Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Schmidt	6	1	20	0	-	-
Wilkins	4	0	6	0	-	-
Armitage	7	4	8	0	-	-
Biggs	5	2	23	2	-	-
Bezuidenhout	0.5	0	15	0	-	-

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Eastern Province second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SJ Bezuidenhout	c Bath b Featherstone	26
RLS Armitage	c sub b Bath	22
DJ Brickett	not out	21
E Schmidt	c Rice b Bath	10
KP Reid	not out	10
AM Short	did not bat
AL Biggs	did not bat
*RG Pollock	did not bat
AL Wilmot	did not bat
CP Wilkins	did not bat
+KS McEwan	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	5
Total	(3 wickets, 31 overs)	94
Fall of wickets:
1-48, 2-52, 3-64

Transvaal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Neilson	3	1	2	0	-	-
Mackay-Coghill	1	0	3	0	-	-
Bath	9	3	14	2	-	-
Featherstone	12	2	40	1	-	-
Flanagan	2	0	10	0	-	-
Muzzell	1	0	5	0	-	-
Irvine	3	1	15	0	-	-

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Notes
--> KA McKenzie (1) passed his previous highest score of 127 in First-Class matches
--> AM Short (1) passed his previous highest score of 102 in First-Class matches
--> RLS Armitage (2) equalled his previous highest score of 22 in First-Class matches
--> CEB Rice reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Eastern Province first innings

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